Yup. For immigration, the money generally comes from ICE, which is part of the DHS. 67% of the immigrants ICE locks up (a total of 30,000 every day) are contracted out to other facilities. So that’s around 20,000 people, at $200/night….gives around $4,000,000 of DHS’s budget going straight to these private prisons. Not to mention that the inmates frequently work while they’re locked up, and get paid about $1/day for that work. So they’re not just benefiting from the tax dollars, they’re also benefiting from the free labor.

One other fact to note — not all of the people here are illegal. Not all of them are even immigrants. In at least one case a native born US citizen was locked up in Arizona for over a month. He had to work for $1/day to earn the $30 to purchase a copy of his birth certificate from the government to prove he was a legal citizen. So much for “innocent until proven guilty”….

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and not just free labor, remember with the BP oil spill? BP got tax write-offs (what was it, $400?) per prisoner that went to cheaply/freely work on the clean up. makes me wonder about the prisons from which the prisoners were sent

Butter Knife

That is precisely where the money comes from. Your state, federal and local taxes are being spent to keep people in prison, often at extremely high cost for even minor offenses.

Drug prohibition and anti-immigration policies are both blatantly “Big Government” moves with extremley negative impacts on government budgets. Next time you see a politician rail against spending in one breath, then advocate for longer prison terms and stricter enforcement of petty crimes, consider that the only rational explanations are that they are a *complete* idiot or are simply lying.

Anonymous

Yup. For immigration, the money generally comes from ICE, which is part of the DHS. 67% of the immigrants ICE locks up (a total of 30,000 every day) are contracted out to other facilities. So that’s around 20,000 people, at $200/night….gives around $4,000,000 of DHS’s budget going straight to these private prisons. Not to mention that the inmates frequently work while they’re locked up, and get paid about $1/day for that work. So they’re not just benefiting from the tax dollars, they’re also benefiting from the free labor.

One other fact to note — not all of the people here are illegal. Not all of them are even immigrants. In at least one case a native born US citizen was locked up in Arizona for over a month. He had to work for $1/day to earn the $30 to purchase a copy of his birth certificate from the government to prove he was a legal citizen. So much for “innocent until proven guilty”….

Butter Knife

That is precisely where the money comes from. Your state, federal and local taxes are being spent to keep people in prison, often at extremely high cost for even minor offenses.

Drug prohibition and anti-immigration policies are both blatantly “Big Government” moves with extremley negative impacts on government budgets. Next time you see a politician rail against spending in one breath, then advocate for longer prison terms and stricter enforcement of petty crimes, consider that the only rational explanations are that they are a *complete* idiot or are simply lying.

Hadrian999

where can i rent some Japanese girls?

Hadrian999

where can i rent some Japanese girls?

MFly

and the ever so prevalent random ignorance award goes to @Hadrian999:disqus , a staple of the online community

Hadrian999

I promised myself i wouldn’t cry…….you post and post and hope someday you’ll get your shot…….I’d like to thank the academy……and my fans

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Rex Vestri

And don’t forget the failed War On Drugs, which also needlessly ruins lives and imprisons a shitload of people each year – at great taxpayer expense.

Rex Vestri

And don’t forget the failed War On Drugs, which also needlessly ruins lives and imprisons a shitload of people each year – at great taxpayer expense.

MFly

and the ever so prevalent random ignorance award goes to @Hadrian999:disqus , a staple of the online community

Hadrian999

I promised myself i wouldn’t cry…….you post and post and hope someday you’ll get your shot…….I’d like to thank the academy……and my fans

HA

HA

http://www.jayurbzz.com jayurbzz

and not just free labor, remember with the BP oil spill? BP got tax write-offs (what was it, $400?) per prisoner that went to cheaply/freely work on the clean up. makes me wonder about the prisons from which the prisoners were sent